Rare Video Shows Florida Bobcat Fighting Invasive Burmese Python 

I didn't see much geology in this video, besides the mark on the video.

Research

We're from the GuB...and we're here to help....

Your right Eric Smith, the thing is they don't want rid of them, there is too much money to be made off them. skins, meat, hunting permits, i don't see why they go out and catch them and put it to sleep then cut it open to see what it ate, while you could be out in the bush blowing them away with a pump shotgun, leave it laying then go look for the next one.

@@Don.E.63 actually they track the males to find the females and kill those. What’s disturbing is that nest 🪺 not being destroyed. I love how that possum is like hummmm 🍽 is served best warm…..

The beauty of nature ❤️

This is so accurate.

Hahahaha. Mama cat and her eggs.

Lol

Funny

Go bobcats. F the snakes. 1:55 it covers the eggs like litter.

All the eggs were destroyed....they tried to save some but the microscopic damage was done!!! Why they would try to save them is beyond me. They should have the snake hunted and killed.

Never saw the fight they just looked at each other

Saw the snake and the bobcat in the same pics for maybe 30 seconds. There was no fight as was indicated in the title. The possum, at the end, was the most interesting part of the video. I'll say it; click bate.

I didn't see no fight either

This is a wild cat, not your stupid, useless house cat that is a bigger problem than the pythons

@@eyeoftruth4405 Hogwash.

@@thenotoriouskid1736 it most certainly is not hogwash. These are wild cats. That would sooner bite you, than be petted.

And they're smart too, he burried the eggs, came back later to eat some more

@@joaopedrosilva116 I have an excellent strategy to offer how about we release deer for the pythons to eat which will send them into a coma that’ll be the signals for the alligators to eat them because a snake won’t be able to move very well which will make it easy for the alligators to eat the adults and the bobcats will start eating more of the eggs this factor with python hunters will get rid of the python problem for good that’s my new strategy

Horses and donkeys will stomp snakes in a heartbeat. They are terrified

@@travishanks7295 I don’t think it will be easy for those kinds of animals to crush pythons

@@jamessparkman6604 Donkeys are extremely smart and can easily defend themselves against maintain lions, wolves and the likes They breed donkeys as guard animals for herds of sheep and goats Donkeys and horses stomping is deadly, you have a horse that weighs in at around 800-900 kg's, stomping down on something with it's hard hooves. Even if it stomps with half it's weight that's a very destructive blow. I've seen even pitball dogs get killed by the stomping of a horse What they would have to watch out for would be the python somehow getting hold of them and wrapping around them. A donkey being smaller would be more at risk but a horse I highly doubt a python would even see a horse as something it could eat A horse has an extremely small brain though, they would just stomp to survive and probably wouldn't be too strategic about it

For the most part these snakes came from the Miami serpentarium that was devastated by Hurricane Andrew back in 1992.

@@floridagunrat1625 thank you

@@floridagunrat1625 bingo

@@floridagunrat1625 The first Burmese Python was found in the Everglades in 1979. While Andrew caused them to increase exponentially, its likely they would be there with or without the Hurricane.

you can't get rid of stupid they kill off all the smart ones the back bone of the world and they cultivate stupid like the bank steals your money and they creates gas shortages and high prices and food prices and everything else .they protect stupid with a vengence to make sure we have a lot of it and the hide in it .

Yes I unrecommend clickbait channels.

you know you can adjust the speed of the the video, I only wasted 2min and 19seconds of my life watching it at double speed

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Some rats…😹

That is not a rat it is a opossum

the burmese python are the apex predator

idk maybe you havent heard the Bobcat numbers are never coming back in part due to the pythons. They eat Bobcats too.

😟😞 that's tragic. So sad.

And panthers!

Bobcats.

It is…

that was a big snake

Idk man. That snake was huge

@@ianarmstrong9594 cat was lucky not to be eaten

That is a good thing IMO. The bobcat would have lost in an actual fight. So many native animals have disappeared from the Everglades due to this nasty invasive species.

@@Mikel3564 how did this problem occur? people not doing research, realizing burms are extreme pets and releasing them?

The title was a slanderous hitpiece against the Bobcast, alleging a chemical dependency on the illegal drug "E" (Ecstasy). Honestly, Amber Heard has really stooped to a new low.

The bobcat wasn’t trying to destroy the eggs it was trying to take care of them and didn’t understand they were the snakes

Indeed. This bobcat was a strategic thinker that was patient in his problem-solving approach.

I can only speculate, but it could be that the cat didn't know what kind of animal laid the eggs, so it was waiting to see what it was. It might have been hoping it was a bird.

Reminded me of a dog burying a bone

They know what snakes smell like. They smell like food

Bro was with them eggs so long I thought he adopted them...

I don't agree either. It's not like we're worried about them becoming endangered- the literally do not belong there and none should be there in the first place so wiping them all out should be the goal.

I wasn’t aware there was a limit. Not from Florida, but I was always under the assumption it was pretty much open season on pythons and iguanas. Went to the Everglades for vacation last July (awesome place btw) and kept my eye for them in hopes of killing a few….and I’m a snake lover lol

@@blakew5672 Iggies are cool to, but not when they're invasive and breeding like crazy.

@@blakew5672 iguanas are awesome. It's ashame it's come to people enjoying killing them. Having to kill them them because they're invasive is one thing. Enjoying beating an iguanas head in is sick

@@el34glo59 Who said anything about enjoying beating their head in? I take zero issue with destroying invasive species that are actively ravaging ecosystems they were artificially introduced to, and are driving out native species. Iguanas have been a net negative to Florida. Apart from possibly providing substandard meat there’s nothing of any good they bring to the area.

Just like if the cobra manages to bite the mongoose. The mongoose is normally too quick. Odds are that cat could have battered that snake until it was so tired it would be an easy meal. It doesn't because it knows one slip is death.

@@Elthenar no no. pythons and more muscelar and thiccer than cobras and a bite from a bobcat whould do little to no damage to a burmese python . and theres a lots if videos of pythons eating and killing mongooses

@@bndrillayaboyshere5575 You don't know how cats kill snakes. They simply batter them and pester them until they are exhausted. Snakes are cold blooded reptiles, they simply have no cardio. A cat can wear down a snake just by making the snake defend itself for like 5 to 10 minutes or so. After that, the snake can barely move. Bobcats didn't really evolve to kill large snakes but they are smart animals and this type of behavior is fairly natural for them. Granted, a bigger python would be too much but this snake is not particularly massive. I stand by my statement.

@@Elthenar look it doesn't matter which cat it is and btw for example a green reticulated python this so called "technique" is not about being fast a snake could easily kill and snatch and cat and btw snakes are ambush hunters and are good in stealth the only scenerio a cat can kill a snake is when a snake it's a baby or just small. pyhons been known to kill alligators and jaguars. so a cat whouldn't be a worthy opponent so the thing is that doesn't work on pythons especielly burmese and if u think jumping back and fourth will help a cat no it wont a python will also move during the attack like going forward and attacking the cat and killing it with it's overwhelming crushing force and if u haven't noticed it heres an example have faster bites than a cats reaction. for example a snake relies on it's speed to catch prey like cats so that's what ur assuming that a cat reaction is faster. and if remember if a cat so called "tires out the snake" which in any sceneario won't happen the snake will protect it head and fight back so a pythons stragety is to sneak up on a cat and bite it with it's ligthing fast bite and will quickly end the cat in a few moments so next time ur stupid confident brain is assuming something i'd reccomend u to get more information

@@Elthenar Brugh u obviously have no experience in wildlife, that snake would suficated that bobcat with so much ease, it woulda snatched him up with one Mabe two strikes then squeezed it so hard it’d die in seconds

They were conducting research and monitoring the eggs. All eggs that weren't completely destroyed by predators were removed before they could hatch.

@@xxExistentialismxx if you believe this kind of research you need to go hunt these creatures, this is the exact reason this particular invasion snake is rampant across Florida, Government it’s all about money.

Young cat not a fat lazy domesticated cat

Cat looks the picture of health.

All the animals are small in florida. One time hiking saw the worlds smallest black bear.

Wow, Scotland. I’m mixture of american indian (muscogee creek) and Scottish, great grandfather came from Aberdeen in the 1880s and married another scottish immigrant who had recently arrived.

I hope so I saw a few opossums/possums meandering around the nest too!

And few Pythons would make a run for it, if brooding eggs.

Barely? Is that what you call NO fight? There was None. None at all.

She wasn't hungry. Had she been there still wouldn't have been much of a fight. That bobcat wouldn't know what him.

@@Itsmeagain828 Are you happy that pythons are tearing up the everglades native species?

Yeah, just don’t try to pet one. They sure as hell ain’t cuddly. Mean little bastards. They are gorgeous though.

This is a Burmese Python, they don’t normally live in burrows or underground and most of their habitat is the water. Sometimes they will take shelter under hollows and in abandoned animal burrows. Also, pythons tightly coil around their eggs at all times so this one might just be a male (they don’t protect the eggs) or the mother of the clutch died.

You don’t know what your talking about

@@chriskolb3105 nope but I bet you don’t either. They won’t leave their eggs out. This is a setup video or something. Rikki tiki Ravi is more realistic than this.

Burmese don't eat when brooding.

yeah, they've lived with snakes. but not the likes of a 12+ foot python. sad

So are the populations of pretty much every small mammal in the area. They believe rabbits, possums, raccoons, etc have all had their population reduced by over 90%. And that's not even mentioning the fish and birds.

@@mommy2libras very sad and tragic.

Getting hit by cars doesn't help the bobcat population either, nor does the diminishing size of their habitats.

@@suspreena there’s no cars there and no way to encroach their habitats there.

Snakes are delicious. Meat is thin, fatty. Like a sweeter bacon, or philly style shredded meat. Im from and living in FL, if it breathes we eat it, except humans, cats, dogs, and horses. Although horse was hands down the best meat I've ever had in my life 🤔

@@captainawall3169 , are the bones difficult to pick through on a snake?

@@jfranklin9549 Getting back to you late sorry but yes certain breeds are harder to "fillet" then others as well as it's age. A nice fat mid aged Moccasin is really all that's worth it here in our state. Unless ofcourse it's the large invasive Python, or Colombian Constrictor. I've had a Burmese python "burger" which was absolutely delicious, and iguana "bacon" as well on the same plate. These creatures wreak havoc on the ecosystem here and euthanizing is encouraged. So why not capitalize on the protein 🤷

@@captainawall3169 , indeed! If we all run out of food you could open a gourmet restaurant. I’ve heard iguana is quite pricey.

For some reason they set a camera on the nest.

@@dollarcostbackpacker1226 yeah.... to observe it obviously. Don't know why this confuses everyone. Observing how an invasive species adapts to its invaded habitat is incredibly important if they want any chance at removing the species from florida. Its only logical to observe them.

Didn't you read the title? That Bobcat has a serious drug dependency problem, and wasn't paying attention to some stupid eggs. Raiding a Burmese python's nest, invasive or not, just for the chance to score a motherload of "E" (short for "Ecstasy" - street slang for pressed pills of MDMA typically cut with "Speed" - street slang for Amphetamine) suggests that Bobcat urgently needs to find a Narcotics Anonymous meeting close by. Those "eggs" were actually giant capsules of hard hitting jet fuel, enough to keep a Bobcat firing on all cylinders for a couple nights in a row - as long as the House Music is thumping and they have a sitter for the kittens at home.

I wonder if the cat was waiting for them to.hatch so she could eat lots of baby snakes lol

Contrary to what you hear Pythons dont kill big cats as often as ppl try saying. Most encounters will have no winner w both walking away a bit tired but alive. Big cats can kill pythons easier than pythons can kill big cats. Most big cat deaths are young inexperienced cats. The bigger, older ones know their paws are a lethal problem for a snakes head. One good swipe and its over. The snake needs a perfect encounter where it latches onto a shoulder or neck and can wind around but cats tend to be more nimble than gators so they are much harder to kill for a python.

@@btnhstillfire yeah, but I have seen some really big Burmese pythons and that females head was almost as big as the bobcats

@@btnhstillfire Bobcats arn't big cats

Bobcats are the size of a Houscat

I was wrong. There was a snake. No fight, though.

Better watch yo ass Steve or them big cats and big ol snakes might join forces and eat yo ass.

Nah , big snakes have problems against big cats

@@tohighup7932 yea Razor teeth and claws

The biggest pythons even eat good sized gators

@@evilsharkey8954 And deer

it's not actually a video. This is most likely a game camera that takes a photo every time it senses movement. That's why it's seems like it's starting and stopping every couple of seconds. It snaps a photo when it detects motion. This video edit every photo together in a video kind of the same way an artist draws a flip book.

Just young

Did i miss it? Saw opossum near the end.

That was a opossum.

if only the python would eat all of the nutria and then die of starvation.

The python breeding facility was destroyed by Andrew in 1992.

I doubt they’d let the eggs mature. They’re studying what preys on them.

Sadly, there used to be plenty of bobcats before the pythons slithered amuck. Problem was not many bobcats survived long enough to learn that they were prey to these predators.

@@bgnPrinceton looks like they might have figured it out though. Also looks like they finally figured out that those huge things that look like yummy reptile eggs are in fact just huge reptile eggs and they'll taste just as good as the little ones they were used to.

turkeys are birds

@@jwhitman2447 turkeys are dinosaurs

Yea, they hired the bobcat and the snake to play these roles. I hear they have a union.